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Broadcasting Technicians

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals install, assemble, operate, and repair electronic equipment. They work for:

  • Radio and television stations
  • Broadcast equipment manufacturing companies
  • Communication service providers
  • Independent television producers

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Ensure the quality of live and recorded broadcasts.
  • Produce sound and visual sequences using various equipment.
  • Carry out urgent hardware repairs and replace programming in case of signal failure.
  • Install, maintain, and repair broadcast equipment and software.
  • Adjust and operate the console controls to capture and select emission sources.
  • Broadcast programs and commercials on radio or television.
  • Supervise other technicians, as required.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience leads to supervisory positions.

Hourly wage

Not available.

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

300

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
21.3% Female
78.7% Male

Not available.
  • 21.3% Female
  • 78.7% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage

All of Québec

Not available.

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for women
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    85% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    9% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    3% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    3% of jobs
  5. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    85% of jobs
  2. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    9% of jobs
  3. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    3% of jobs
  4. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    3% of jobs
  5. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    3% of jobs
  6. Others
    0% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in electrotechnology This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 243B0
DCS in electrotechnology (Audiovisual) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 243BC

Placement rate: 91.3%

8.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in electrotechnology (Computers and network) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 243BB

Placement rate: 37.5%

59.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in electrotechnology (Telecommunications) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 243BA

Placement rate: 66.1%

32.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in techniques cinématographiques et télévisuelles (Nouvelle version) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 589C0
DCS in techniques de production et de postproduction télévisuelles This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 589A0
DCS in techniques de production et de postproduction télévisuelles (Production télévisuelle) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 589AA

Placement rate: 91.7%

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in techniques de production et de postproduction télévisuelles (Postproduction télévisuelle) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 589AB

Placement rate: 84.4%

12.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in technologies sonores This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 551B0

Placement rate: 81.3%

12.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Critical thought
  • Active listening
  • Result evaluation
  • Monitoring operations
  • Oral expression
  • Reading comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Solving complex problems
  • Active learning
  • Time management
  • Information processing
  • Troubleshooting
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Abilities

  • Awareness of issues
  • Near vision
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Information organization
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Speech clarity
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Selective attention
  • Digital dexterity
  • Written expression
  • Colour perception and distinction
  • Processing flexibility
  • Distance vision
  • Classification
  • Idea generation
  • Perception speed
  • Visualization
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Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to adapt
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Knowledge of telecommunications
  • Sense of initiative
  • Attention to detail
  • Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
  • Tolerance to stress
  • Availability
  • Knowledge of communication and media

Interests

  • Work in the arts, culture, music, or leisure
  • Make, build, install
  • Work manually

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Additional information

Official name of the NOC 5224

Broadcast technicians

Job titles

  • Production switcher
  • Broadcasting switcher
  • Television switcher
  • Broadcast engineer
  • Mobile broadcasting equipment installer
  • Transmitting operator
  • Video transmission operator
  • Video control operator
  • Mobile broadcasting equipment operator
  • Transmission studio control operator
  • Video transmission studio control operator
  • Transmitter operator
  • Broadcasting control operator
  • Broadcasting transmitter operator
  • Master control room (mcr) equipment operator - broadcasting
  • Radio broadcasting equipment operator supervisor
  • Television broadcasting equipment operator supervisor
  • Mobile radio broadcasting supervisor
  • Master control room (mcr) technician - broadcasting
  • Control room technician - broadcasting
  • Regional transmitter technician
  • Short-wave receiving station technician
  • Broadcast maintenance technician
  • Broadcasting technician
More Less job titles

Skill type

Art, culture, recreation and sport

Related occupations

  • Audio and video recording technicians
  • Film and video camera operators
  • Other technical and co-ordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

See also

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Last update: July 4, 2022

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